Lightweight Tents - How Light?

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Why use lightweight and ultralight tents? Because a heavy tent is 1 of the biggest obstacles to lightweight backpacking. You have to cut the weight of the "huge 3" (shelter, backpack and sleeping bag) to genuinely go light. How do you choose one particular, even though? Commence by asking yourself the following questions:

1. Are you claustrophobic? Some ultralight tent styles are genuinely just fancy bivy sacks. For those who hate tight squeezes, it will be like sleeping in a coffin.

2. How tall are you? If the length of the tent is only a handful of inches a lot more than your height, you will be touching the walls. This probably implies getting wet from the condensation on them.

three. What do you do in a tent? If you just sleep, total floor and head space are not critical. If you usually play cards with close friends for None hours, you'll need a style that allows for that.

4. Do you backpack in bad weather frequently? If all you program to do is camp on nice summer nights, you can just appear at the least expensive lightweight tents, and be concerned less about quality.

5. How considerably have you budgetted for a tent? More income equals a lighter tent, but if you can not get it light adequate on your budget, you may possibly want to contemplate going even lighter - and less expensive - with a tarp shelter.

6. Which is much more crucial to you, rapidly set-up or lightest weight? Hopefully you'll find a tent with the appropriate balance, but keep your preference in mind when shopping.

A lot more About Lightweight Tents

Single-layer tents (without a rain-fly) will generally have a lot more condensation inside. This is true of even those that claim to be waterproof and breathable. It is less of a issue with the newer styles that have mifare standard a lot of screen/ventilation area, simply because air circulation is as essential as "breathable" material. These materials just do not breath that well anyhow.

Test your tent. It's no enjoyable spending 20 minutes setting up a complex tent in the rain. Also, it can be worse than inconvenient to tear seams because of a style that stretches everything so tight you have to fight with it. Try the tent in your yard or living space, just before you head into the wilderness. That way you can return it if it won't perform for you.

There is only one entirely enclosed two-individual ultralight tent that I know of below 3 pounds. It really is a single layer, but the forward sloping door allows for a big screen location, to preserve air-flow at a maximum. This keeps condensation to a minimum.

There are "floorless" tents, which are specially cut tarps which usually use your trekking poles for assistance. One of the lightest of these is a 3-person style None that weighs much less than two pounds. I haven't tried it, but it gets excellent evaluations, and it is in the weight range I like for ultralight tents. You have to bring a groundsheet with this kind, so figure that weight into the selection.

Sadly, I've discovered the tough way - four tents and counting - that you tend to get what you pay for with lightweight tents. That is one particular of the reasons I backpack with a tarp.